FATI'GUE, _v.a._ tire; weary FAUN, _s._ a kind of rural deity FA'VOURITE, _s._ a person or thing beloved; one regarded with favour FE'ATHER, _s._ plume of birds FE'ATURE, _s._ the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single part of the face FE'ELING, _s._ the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception FERMENTA'TION, _s._ a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body, arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort FERO'CITY, _s._ savageness; wildness; fierceness FE'RTILE, _a._ fruitful; abundant; plenteous FERTI'LITY, _s._ abundance; fruitfulness FE'STAL, _a._ festive; joyous; gay FE'STIVAL, _a._ time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy FESTO'ON, _s._ In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together FEU'DAL, _a._ dependant; held by tenure FI'BRE, _s._ a small thread or string FI'CTION, _s._ a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention; a falsehood; a lie FIDE'LITY, _s._ honesty; faithful adherence FI'GURE, _s._ shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated by the outline FI'LIAL, _a._ pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the relation of a son FI'RMAMENT, _s._ sky; heavens FLA'GON, _s._ a vessel with a narrow mouth FLA'MBEAU, _s._ (pronounced _flam-bo_) a lighted torch FLA'VOUR, _s._ power of pleasing the taste; odour FLEUR-DE-LIS, _s._ (French for a lily, pronounced _flúr-de-lee_) a term applied in architecture and heraldry FLE'XIBLE, _a._ capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying: obsequious; ductile; manageable FLOAT, _v.n._ to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in a fluid; to pass with a light irregular course; _v.a._ to cover with water FLO'RIDNESS, _s._ freshness of colour FLO'URISH, _v.a._ and _v.n._ yield; prosper; wield; adorn FLU'CTUATE, _v.n._ roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an uncertain state FLU'ID, _a._ anything not solid FLU'TTER, _v.n._ move irregularly; take short flights with great agitation of the wines FO'LIAGE, _s._ leaves; tuft of leaves FO'LLOWING, _a._ coming after another FOME'NT, _v.a._ cherish with heat; encourage FO'REFATHER, _s._ ancestor FO'REIGN, _a._ not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging to FO'REPART, _s._ anterior part FO'REST, _s._ a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood FO'RMER, _a._ before another in time; the first of two FO'RMIDABLE, _a._ terrible; dreadful; tremendous FORTIFICA'TION, _s._ the science of military architecture; a place built for strength FO'RTITUDE, _s._ courage; bravery; strength FO'RWARD, _v.a._ hasten; quicken; advance FO'RWARD, _a._ warm; earnest; quick; ready FO'RWARD, _ad._ onward; straight before FO'RWARDNESS, _s._ eagerness; ardour; quickness; confidence FOSSE, _s._ a ditch; a moat